Referees, Assignors, Mentors and Club Administrators, the State Referee Committee of Western Pennsylvania is sponsoring an Advanced Clinic and Referee Workshop.
Please see below for many more details!
When: February 16th 9am-4pm Advanced Clinics
February 17th 9am-2pm Referee Workshop
Location: DoubleTree by Hilton
Pittsburgh Green Tree
500 Mansfield Avenue
Cost: Both Days $20 includes lunch both days
Single Day $10 includes lunch
Speakers:
- Paul Tamberino, Director of Referee Development
- CJ Morgante: FIFA Assistant Referee
- Chris Penso: FIFA Referee
- Tori Penso: National Referee
This is an excellent opportunity to gather information for yourself and your referees. Saturday is more advanced, but everyone can learn. Sunday is a workshop which will be geared to our newer referees, please encourage your younger referees in your club to attend. Sunday is also an excellent opportunity for you as an assignor or administrator to take information back to your club to train referees.
Topics to be covered on Saturday:
Ø Offside
Ø Reading body language
Ø Fouls and misconduct
Ø Managing difficult players/coaches and referee crew
Ø Fitness/Professionalism/ Use of Social Media
Ø Positioning
Ø DOGSO
Topics to be covered on Sunday:
Ø Preparing for the game
Ø How do I handle situations that arise before/during and after the game
Ø Assignors
Ø Upgrading opportunities and requirements
Ø Adult game vs. Youth game
Ø What should we be teaching and training our referees
Ø What is a foul? What is Serious foul play, Violent conduct
Ø ABUSE: How do we stop and why we must report it.
Ø Being a mentor
Please make every effort to attend! We Want to See YOU There!
To register, please log into your Game Officials account. Go to COURSES > REFEREE COURSES > And choose the appropriate Course”
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Deadline to sign up is 10 February 2019
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WPA State Referee Committee